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The council has not confirmed the precise date on which these roads will be out of action, but has stated that the programme will begin on June 19 and that these two roads will be tackled within the first fortnight, weather permitting.

A spokesman said: "Our surface dressing programme for 2017 is due to begin on June 19, and we will be improving 150 sites across Somerset, covering around 350 kilometres of road.

"Surface dressing is weather dependent and the rolling programme needs to be flexible, so dates are subject to change – although these two sites are currently programmed for the first two weeks."

The three stretches of the route which will be affected by closures are:

The A359 Mudford Hill, between Lyde Road and the bridge over the River Yeo

The A359 Marston Magna Road, between Hinton Cross and the brick bridge

The B3148 Sherborne Road between the railway bridge and the Dorset boundary

Three sections of the route between Yeovil and Sherborne will be resurfaced after June 19 (Image: Somerset County Council)

Dorset County Council has confirmed that it will not be resurfacing the rest of the B3148 - between the border and Sherborne - this year.

Dorset's own summer dressing programme - which has seen a 30mph speed limit installed on the A30 Babylon Hill - will be completed by the time Somerset's programme gets under way.

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Motorists still unwilling to use the A30 Sherborne Road will still be able to travel between Yeovil and Sherborne via Clifton Maybank and Bradford Abbas.

However, drivers using this route are advised to use Newton Road to reach the centre of Yeovil, since both Two Towers Lane and the A37 Dorchester Road are due to be resurfaced at the same time as the work on the A359.